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(Remodel) J. 'W. BROWN 8a A. A. GEHRT.

BALING PRESS.

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JOHN IV. BROIVN AND ALBERT A. GEI-IRT, OF QUINCY, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS TOTHE COLLINS PLOIV COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BALlNG-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent'No. 556,301, dated March10, 1896.

Application filed June 6, 1896. $erial No. 551,874. (No model.)

I'o aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN W. BROWN and ALBERT A. GEHRT, citizens of theUnited States, and residents of the city of Quincy, State of Illinois,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Baling-Presses, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

In Letters Patent No. 551,302, issued to the Collins Plow Company, asour assignee, on the th day of December, 1895, there is shown anddescribed a means for automatically inserting the division-blocks of abalingpress, which, briefly described, consists in mounting a holderupon the top of the press and providing means whereby the holder ismoved longitudinally of the press, so. that when moved to bring theblock over the feedopening of the press the block will fall by gravityinto the baling-chamber.

Our present improvement relates to the same general class of inventionas that set forth in said patent, but instead of moving thedivision-block holder longitudinally of the press the block is retainedin a stationary position over the feed-opening and at the proper time isreleased and allowed to fall by gravity into the balingchamber.

Our present invention, like the invention set forth in said patent,contemplates the idea of the division-blocks being introduced to thebaling-chamber by virtue of their own gravity, and mechanism forproducing a forced introduction of the blocks to the baling-chamher isnot required.

Our present invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fullydescribed, and

pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a side elevation illustrating our improved manner ofsupporting and introducin g the division-blocks to the baling-chamber ofa press. Fig. II is a section taken on line II II, Fig. III, and showingthe block released. Fig. III is a section taken on line III III, Fig. I.1

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the condenser of a baling-press,2 part of the baling-chamber at the feed-opening and 3 part of theplunger or traverser of the press.

4 represents a stationary frame holder mounted on the press, adapted toreceive the division-blocks 6. The blocks have the usual recesses 7 toreceive the bale-ties.

8 represents a lever, having upon its upper end a handle 9 and pivotedat 10 to the frame 4. To the lower end of said lever is pivoted at 12 adog 11. The dog slides in a guideway 17 and is adapted to protrudebeneath the block 6 when the block is in the chamber 5 of the frame 4,as shown in Fig. I.

16 is a top catch, the arm 13 of which is pivotally connected to theframe 4 at 14. The lower end of this catch 16 is kept pressedoutwardlyfrom the frame 4 by means of a spring 15, which forces theupper end of the catch into one of the recesses 7 of the block, asshown. The spring 15 also serves to keep the dog 11 in its innerposition, (shown in Fig. I,) for the lower end of the catch 16 bearsagainst the lever 8 above the pivot of the latter, so that the force ofthe spring 15 is imparted to the lever 8.

In operation the block 6 is inserted by a lateral movement into thechamber 5 of the frame 4, where it is retained from downward movement bythe dog 11 and catch 16. When it is desired to introduce the block intothe baling-chamber, the upper end of the lever 8 is forced toward theblock by pressure on the handle -bar 9, (illustrated in Fig. 1H,) andthisaction withdraws the dog 11 from beneath the block 6 andsimultaneously withdraws the catch 16 from the recess 7 of the block,and the block now having no support falls by gravity into thebalingchamber close up against the end of the plunger when the latter isin its retracted position.

It is evident that the dog 11 or catch 16 may be dispensed with and theremaining one used by itself, although we prefer to use the two jointly,for if one should become broken opening, as various mechanical devicesmay be designed for accomplishing this purpose; but

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a baling-press, the combination of a baling-chamber, a plunger,stationary means for supporting divisionblocks in position oy'er thefeed-opening of the press, and means for releasing the blocks andpermitting them to fall by gravity into the baling-chamber,substantially as set forth.

2. In a baling-press, the combination of a baling-chamber, a plunger, adog for sustaining the division-blocks in a stationary position over thefeed-opening of the press, and a means for withdrawing said dog fromengagement with the division-boards, substantially as set forth.

In a baling-press, the combination of a bailing-chamber, a plunger, astationary frame located over the feed-opening of the press forreceiving the division-blocks, a dog or catch for holding thedivision-blocks in said frame, and means for disengaging said dog orcatch from the blocks to allow them to fall by gravity into thebaling-chamber, substantially as set forth.

4. In a baling-press, the combination of a baling-chamber, a plunger, astationary frame located over the feed-opening of the press and adaptedto hold the division-blocks, means for holding the division-blocks insaid frame, and means for releasing the division-blocks and permittingthem to fall by gravity into the balin g-chamber of the press,substantially as set forth.

5. In a baling-press, the combination of a balingchamber, a plun ger, astationary frame located over the feed-opening of the press for holdingthe division-blocks, a catch for cngaging said blocks, a dog adapted toengage beneath said blocks, and means for simultaneously disengagingsaid catch and dog, substantially as set forth.

6. In a baling-press, the combination of a baling-chambcr, a plunger, aframe mounted on the press at the feed-opcnin g, and adapted to retainthe division-blocks, a catch adapted to engage a recess in said blocks,a springactuated lever for operating said catch, and a dog connected tosaid lever and adapted to pass beneath said blocks, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

JOHN \V. BROWN. ALBERT A. GEIIRI.

In presence of- Gno. W. ELICK, E. S. THOMAS.

